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Berber in Arabic

أَمَازِيغِيّ ʔamāzīḡiyy

UK/ˈbɜːbə//ˈbɝ.bɚ/

Berber in Arabic: أَمَازِيغِيّ (ʔamāzīḡiyy), أَمَازِيغِيَّة (ʔamāzīḡiyya). In English, Berber means a member of a particular ethnic group indigenous to Western North Africa.

Arabic words for Berber

Member of northwest African ethnic group
أَمَازِيغِيّ ʔamāzīḡiyy
a group of closely related languages
أَمَازِيغِيَّة ʔamāzīḡiyya
of the Berber people
أَمَازِيغِيّ ʔamāzīḡiyy

English meaning of Berber

  1. noun A member of a particular ethnic group indigenous to Western North Africa.
  2. noun A kind of traditional rug manufactured by the Berber people.
  3. proper noun A group of closely related Afroasiatic languages spoken in northern Africa, particularly Morocco and Algeria.
  4. adjective Of the Berber people, their culture, or their language.

Full definition of Berber

Synonyms of Berber

Berber in other languages

Questions about Berber in Arabic

What is the meaning of Berber in Arabic?
Berber in Arabic is أَمَازِيغِيّ (ʔamāzīḡiyy), أَمَازِيغِيَّة (ʔamāzīḡiyya).
ما معنى كلمة Berber؟
Berber: أَمَازِيغِيّ (ʔamāzīḡiyy), أَمَازِيغِيَّة (ʔamāzīḡiyya).
What does Berber mean in English?
Berber means a member of a particular ethnic group indigenous to Western North Africa.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Berber (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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